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crown of jpprttigal ; the former will revert to their ancient master , when peace is restored . til the seizure of these islands it does not uppear that any considerable Jos * was sustained on either side .
The mighty powers have entered into a new species of . warfare * , a warfare against commerce . It is the object of the sovereign of France , that neither English men nor English goods should be landed on the Continent . He has
issued his decrees , and they have received the assent of other powers , so that , ex - cepting in Sweden , nothing can be conveyed from this country but by smugglers kito Europe . With the good-will of the Continent , we should be excluded
entirely from its shores ; we should be left to ourselves , and prevented from interfering in future in continental disputes . Great Britain has thought it necessary to adopt measures of retaliation , and every thing must be brought into our island ,
before it can find its way into the Continent . What pains do mankind take - to make their lives mutually uncomfort-, able I How graciously has the great Crea-( tor disposed the gifts of nature , that all should stand in need of each other ! And
' commerce connects us l > y a bond of mu' tual profit and advantage ! Instead of thus injuring each other , if t ^ ie prayer s of pious Christians in both countries were directed t « the Supreme , that he wduld turn the hearts of both French and English , hpw happy would it be for all countries ; and it would soon be
• known , that the prosperity of each t country was connected with that of the other , and that the ferocity and skill in 1 combat by which each endeavours to v excel the other , are contemptible quax lities , compared with those by which they might add to each other ' s happi-* ness and that of mankind .
What is the reason that peace docs not take place , the Christian asks ? Russia has offered its mediation : Austria has offered its mediation : both have been refused . What then is now the bone of contention ? Surely a plain
answer ought to be given to this question . Many h * vc been the debates in parliament upon this subject * but still thi * P ? . S ^^ P * fi ** » ° t met with a d $ « cisivc answer : Tiie horrors of w * r **« however td be prolonged , and «; W first consequence qf importance seems to foe the fan of Sweden . By the latest ac ~
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counts Russia has declared war against that country , and it is not likely that Denmaik will be long behind her in a similar declaration . Sweden is our ally £ but the country is so situated , that Great Britain cannot assist it . The Russians
are prepared to enter Swedish Finland , ' and the Danes Will probably enter by the east of Norway . The king of Sweden has sufficiently harassed hi * subjects hy his impotent attempts against the French in Germany ; and with the ioss ' - 'bf his German dominions . If AWP * W **^* 4 k ^ a '*^ W * X ^» •••^^ -mm ^ - -m ^^ »»»« wm « —t -y T — *> T ¦ m * T . r HtT
he has to regret that the utmost satisfaction does not prevail at home . A sad alternative is offered to him , either to give up our alliance or to fight for his crown . The issue of this contest will probably be known before the summer ; and when Europe has undergone a complete change , in which Great Britain
will not be permitted to interfere , a new system will take place in the maritime code of the world , which it probably will not be in the power of Great Britain to prevent . May the new system be productive of more happiness than the last , and teach : men to consider better their Christian duties .
If Sweden is in * ueh danger , the fate of Portugal seems to be completely determined as to its former governors , though it is not vyet kxjown in what manner that country is in future to be governed . The French are in complete possession * of that country : and the inhabitants seem to have made little or no
resistance . In fact , to what purpose were they or what inducements had they , to resist . The country had been under a dc fotism , civil and religious . The inquisition , though with inferior powers , still bore a considerable sway . A patriarch , bishops , priests , monks , and nuns had the greater part of the country in their possession ; and the human mind
was kept in chains , under -the h on id bondage of priestcraft and superstition . Wherever the troops of Buona * parte go , whatever may be the outrages they commit , they still carry with them religious toleration . A wretched reflection it is , indeed , that Christians should be thus taught toleration . Yet ; . Portugal will be indebted to this external fprce , of
to make it s ^ jwi jjle horrible crimes , it has beejn guilpy of fox some hundred years , in forcing upon its subjects the dogmas of the church o ( Rom $ , The Christian will sec a dawn of ho £ < J
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Manthly Retrospect qf Public Affairs / 111
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1808, page 111, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2389/page/55/
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